EDUCATION

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Broyles’s research interests focus on understanding how the different contexts in which we live – e.g., neighborhood, work, parks, social networks – shape our disease risks and health outcomes. Current research includes studying the role that neighborhood parks play in fostering social capital, physical activity, and improved mental health; studying the intersections between social interactions and physical activity in neighborhood parks and how this may differ across park environments and park users; and studying how current neighborhood and social environments, as well as the cumulative effects of neighborhood environments, affect the aging process.